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"Firefly, we've checked everything short of the skyscrapers. Your sister and I are even checking to see if any of the Mauvian's have seen her lately. We figured she's in the company of one, if she's keeping her signature this hidden. Nami's resorted to enlisting that weird blonde Corrupt Laine's typically with. The bird one?" Kraven shrugged. He didn't know many of Laine's friends, even less of who she knew in the Negaverse. "She'll be found when she wants us to find her. She's uh, kinda learned from the best on that front."

Kraven rolled his eyes with a sigh. "And then what? Are either of you going to actually talk? Or are you guys going to stand there awkwardly and pray you could suddenly vanish on the spot? On top of that how do you plan to find her? Not much you can do as a civilian unless you plan to try other means. Not that my opinion matters here but that's the last thing you should be doing." Kraven pulled Kor against him, holding as tight as he dared. "I'll let you know as soon as we hear anything... And If we find her, I'll come get you."

Kray groaned when Kor pulled free. Typical. "You know, most people don't react like this towards an ex." He grumbled... Maybe he was bitter he was never on the receiving end of that. Kray stood with a sigh and walked up behind Kor, resting his hands on the shorter man's shoulders. A silent confirmation that he had the man's back and he was there for him.

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The phone rang, the ringtone alerting its owner that someone, a particular someone was calling. They let it go up until the last second, where they hit the answer button before setting the phone down. There was no 'hello' or various form of greeting. Just silence between two people as sounds of the city passed between them.

Kraven gave Kor's shoulder's a gentle squeeze before backing off and taking a seat on the couch again. He sat quietly, keeping his comments and thoughts to himself. Anything he had to say wouldn't matter at this point anyway. Kor would get what he wanted, one way or another. At this point there was no stopping it.

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She said nothing. Just sighed. Of course she'd been ratted out. Honestly she was beginning to wonder when they would go running off to someone. Though, it was surprising who they had gotten... Had he come out of hiding, or had they found him.

Of course she was hiding. What was the point of being around any of them. Besides, she learned from the best. Not like the best was going to come find her. That had already been made loud and clear.

She sighed as she picked up the phone and hit the end button without another thought.

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"I don't know wether to be surprised she answered, or pissed that she answered." Kraven scowled from the couch. It figures she'd answer for Kor. Not like the rest of them didn't give a damn about her. His phone went off, and he pulled it from his pocket before his scowl deepened. "Oh. And there's the not so vague threats against my humanity." Kraven said flatly, tossing the phone to the other end of the ********. The lot of em.

"She also said stop looking. She'll find us."

Nope. Okay. He was done. Kraven stood the second Kor collapsed onto the couch and marched off to the bedroom before returning with a blanket. He manhandled the shorter man till him situated in the blanket how he wanted him.

"You didn't fail anyone." He said, as if he'd seen the text. "Not Me, not Laine. Not River. And you're not failing, or going to fail Derek." He said as he tucked the blanket under Kor before sitting on the floor next to the couch and tossing his arm over his friend.

"Don't." He said, cutting the man off. "You have nothing to apologize for. No one's mad at you." ...Well, Nami might be once she finds Kor, but that's a subject for another time. Kraven rolled his eyes with a scuff. "What? See you cry? At your weakest?" Or rather, one of his weakest points. Kraven shrugged. "Ain't nothing I haven't seen before. Nothing we ain't been through before." Kray leaned on Kor as much as he dared. A familiar presence, a familiar weight. They'd been through worse, together. They'd get through this together too. "We're all here for you, Firefly. We love you."

Kraven just sighed as he half laid on Kor, acting like a weighted blanket. He hoped he was giving the other man some sort of security, a feeling of grounding, but he felt like he was just making things worse. "It's not." He said flatly. He rolled his eyes again. "I still woulda followed you around, just like I always did." Just like he always does.

"Fine..." He grumbled, laying his head against the blanket. "What do you wanna talk about??"

Kray sat in silence as Kor played his hair. He watched as fingers cut through the blue, twisting it this way and that. Kray let out a content little sigh, relaxing more against the side of the couch.

Kor's words cut through him like a knife... One that was promptly shoved in his back and twisted. "He's... good. He's good... Kaz has to do some bouncing back and forth between here and his family occasionally..." He shrugged lightly. "Tch... I've known you longer. Doesn't beat that one out." He said, giving Kor a pointed look.

His gaze dropped to the ground. "Yeah... I've... I've thought about it, but..." But what? He'd probably ******** it up for starters. Not to mention he was likely a dead man after this. Kray shrugged again.

"Mmmm.." Kraven hummed, distracted by the fingers playing in his hair. "Intimidating is probably a better would for it..." He chuckled lightly. "I seem to remember a time and place when we would have done quite a few things before even considering that."

Kor was staring at him, hard. He raised a curious brow in response before his attention was snagged with a tug on his hair. He seemed to perk up, like a cat who just saw something dart by.

Oh.

" 's cheatin..." He muttered against Kor's lips. Right, like he hadn't said ******** it just a little while ago and practically done the same thing. "Could be better..." Could be worse. "Head's saying a few things right now." Not that he was listening. He still hadn't moved from Kor's space. Still where he'd been dragged too.

"I'm here." He said over and over again, in between kisses. A promise, a reassurance, a plea. "I never left... I'll always be here." Throwing what caution he still had left to the wind, Kray shifted, scooping Kor into his lap and holding him tightly. "I... I love you." He said, his breathe catching as he tried to come down from the high he was now currently on. Kor knew that of course, he'd known that for years. "Never stopped...." Probably against better judgement.